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The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker
Trevor Robinson
A musical instrument is among the best things you can make with a lathe. Here is the only complete introduction to making such woodwinds. Wooden instruments discussed include the flute and fife, recorders, clarinets, the shawm and oboe, krumhorns, racketts, cornetti. Brass instruments include the trumpet and horns. Appendices cover museum collection of instruments, sources of materials and making specialized boring tools. Includes technical specifications and shop drawings, complete with pitch and tuning, taking measurements, choosing wood, boring and reaming, making joints, ferrules, bushings and decorations, reeds, finger-hole placement and techniques for finishing the instrument.
116 pgs, 7x10, b&w photos & dwgs, softcover
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